... reversing section. By this I mean a track that cuts across the oval diagonally. The only drawback to this arrangement is once you have reversed the...
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Michael Tondee
W4HIJ@...
Oct 1, 2001 2:12 pm
Yes of course you can back through the reversing section! I was thinking in terms of locomotive first. I assumed that ANYONE would know you could back through...
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leeam@...
Oct 1, 2001 3:02 pm
Another suggestion on a different tack --- in Cleveland, Ohio, around 1890 to 1910, there was an area of industrial track, east of downtown, along the bluff...
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gandalfstram@...
Oct 1, 2001 3:12 pm
... Combining some of the ideas in previous replies with a plan I saw m-a-n-y years ago: Use one side of the layout for the city/commuter station and the other...
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chacmool@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:55 pm
Bill a suggestion for you Hallsville, Pa. (HO) by Nick Palette in a back number of MR (not sure which issue but I have a photocopy), re-done by me as Jack N...
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Carl Arendt
carendt@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:44 pm
Hi Bill, all -- My name is Carl Arendt, from Pittsburgh PA. I model using large scales in small spaces. My Gn15 Squarefoot Estate Railway, for example, is a...
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chacmool@...
Oct 1, 2001 9:16 pm
Re my last - The article was titled Conrails Hallsville, Pa. Interchange and was in the Oct 95 Model Railroader Jack (Shortliner) ...
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chacmool@...
Oct 1, 2001 9:32 pm
There was another article in MR which featured a double helix return loop, name escapes me but MIGHT have been Pike City Belt Line. The helix was also used...
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Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:37 am
Bill, Just a thought -- how about building the layout on a hollow core door slab? It comes with a built in drink holder, too. <g> ... Paul Kossart - Peru,...
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denlippert@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:17 am
... Uh... I plead the fifth! While there are "grand plans" in place for the scenery of the now- abuilding layout, I confess to having never gotten to scenery...
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chacmool@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:07 pm
Sorry - the marbles are coming loose! The article was Union Terminal Railway in Ho scale in MR October 1997. Again, if you're stuck for a copy, email! ...
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Dave Brown
smokebox1@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:42 pm
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david THOMAS
ad295@...
Oct 3, 2001 2:27 pm
There was an excellent plan used by mike Bryant in a series of articles giving a blow by blow account for beginners of how to build a very small TT layout some...
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chacmool@...
Oct 3, 2001 5:55 pm
If anyone needs back issues - <http://www.railpub.com> has a new October listing...
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Kennedy How
howler37@...
Oct 3, 2001 10:51 pm
... Heck, I haven't even spiked down the track on my 4x8 module! I just run trains! But, to be fair, while I have buildings set out to see if the sidings are ...
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Jack Priller
gandalfstram@...
Oct 5, 2001 6:33 am
... Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/scenery for that type of information. You may find the occasional off-topic bits a mite disconcerting, but there is a...
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emrys@...
Oct 5, 2001 1:41 pm
... The URL should read: http://groups.yahoo.com/SCENERY - it's obviously a group for the hard of hearing :-)...
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brian@...
Oct 5, 2001 4:02 pm
Hi guys, I am looking for track plans in N for an L shaped layout, main board is 12 x 4 with another of 5 x 3butting onto the rhs. I want to run long passenger...
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Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
on30guy@...
Oct 5, 2001 4:16 pm
Actually, neither link works. The correct link is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCENERY ... Geren W. Mortensen, Jr. Columbia, Maryland, USA ... UgotaWanit: A...
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Jack Priller
gandalfstram@...
Oct 6, 2001 5:05 am
As it appears probable that yours truly will be moving [AGAIN] in the next 12 months, I am working on modules that I can put together into my next [#6 or #7,...
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Andrew Martin
andrew@...
Oct 6, 2001 12:19 pm
In a previous post Jack Priller wrote: "I am working on modules that I can put together into my next [#6 or #7, I've lost track] layout. The 2' x 8' switching...
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chacmool@...
Oct 6, 2001 7:10 pm
Jack - email me with your of-site address - I have a scan from a lon ago RMC that may be of interest to you Shortliner ( another Jack)...
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Bill W
greybeard@...
Oct 7, 2001 1:35 am
I've posted my preliminary design with two, count 'em, reverses in 3' by 6' ... well, it'll be longer than six when I get done as you will notice that there...
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Bill Brown
wlbrownie@...
Oct 7, 2001 3:35 am
... Could you put it in the groups files folder? --+---+ \/ -bill ++---+ |[]]|_^_[] wlbrownie@... _|____+-+___|____|_ Concord, CA...
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TNT Webmaster (Bill B...
tntlines@...
Oct 7, 2001 6:19 am
Hi Jack, Do you have your track plan up on the web anywhere? It sounds interesting. Bill Belsher TNT Webmaster Trinity N-Trak Fort Worth, TX ...
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chacmool@...
Oct 7, 2001 8:17 am
I've put it in a folder called Trolley in the files section - hope it will be useful...
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small-layout-design@y...
Oct 7, 2001 8:24 am
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TNT Webmaster (Bill B...
tntlines@...
Oct 7, 2001 9:17 am
Hi Guys, I just uploaded a .gif of Trackplan number 5 to see what everyone thought of it. This is the trackplan for the N-Trak module I am rebuilding. The...
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Oct 7, 2001 9:50 am
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Oct 7, 2001 10:38 am
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